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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/144537| Title: | Disability, childhood and poverty : critical perspectives on Guatemala |
| Other Titles: | Disabled children's childhood studies : critical approaches in global context |
| Authors: | Grech, Shaun |
| Keywords: | Children with disabilities -- Guatemala People with disabilities -- Guatemala Poverty -- Guatemala Poor children -- Guatemala -- Social conditions Disability studies -- Developing countries |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Citation: | Grech, S. (2013). Disability, childhood and poverty: critical perspectives on Guatemala. In T. Curran, & K. Runswick-Cole (Eds.), Disabled children's childhood studies: critical approaches in global context (pp. 89-104). London: Palgrave Macmillan |
| Abstract: | Up till recently, it was claimed that 10 per cent of every population was disabled. The new World Report on Disability (WHO/World Bank, 2011) has pushed up this global figure to 15 per cent – around 1 billion people. Around 82 per cent of these disabled people are said to live in the countries of the global South (some 800 million people), and are among the poorest of the poor. Many live in rural areas, with little or no access to healthcare, rehabilitation or employment, and where living and working conditions pose a constant threat to health and well-being. A bulk of these disabled people are children, experiencing poverty in disproportionate and multidimensional ways. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/144537 |
| ISBN: | 9781349435555 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtIR |
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